Vaginal syringe



(No Model.)

B. SEIBERT. VAGINAL SYBINGE;

Patented June 14, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT Curios.

ELISABET SEIBERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VAGlNA L S YRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,682, dated June 14,1893. Application filed June 17,1897. Serialllo. 641,150. (No model.)

cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Vaginal Syringes and Nozzles Therefor;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel construction in a vaginal syringe andnozzle therefor, the object being to provide a device of this characterwhich can be operated by the patient without aid and by means of whichany desired pressure of the fluid can be secured; and it consists in thefeatures of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is afront elevation of a syringe and a side elevation of a nozzle connectedtherewith constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the nozzle on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa transverse section of the nozzle on the line 3 3 of Fig.2.

Referring now to said drawings, A indicates the bed-plate of my syringe,upon which a cylinder B is centrally mounted, which is adapted tocontain water or. other liquid. Said bed-plate A is provided with anannular groove 1, surrounding said cylinder B,-which is designed toreceive alcohol, by means of which the liquid in said cylinder may beheated. Said bed-plate is provided at diamet rically opposite pointswith upright arms 2, to which an inverted- U -shaped standard 3 issecured by means ofthumb-screws 4. At its upper end said standard'3 isprovidedwitha guide-passage 5, in which a rack-bar 6 is verticallymovable, to the lower end of which a piston or plunger 7, fitting withinsaid cylinder, is secured. Said rack-bar 6 is operated by means of agear-pinion 8, mounted on the crank-shaft 9, running in bearings 10 onthe upper end of said standard 3, Said cylinder B is provided at itsupper end portion with an inlet-opening 11, through which the liquid isintroduced when the plunger 7 is at the upper limit of its movement, sothat its lower face is above said opening 11. At its lower end saidcylinder B is provided with an outlet-spout 12, to which a hose 13 issecured, by means of which said cylinder B is connected with anozzle 14.Said nozzle 14 comprises a tube 15, provided at its outlet end with aplurality of perforations and adjacent its inlet end withoutwardly-extending ears or projections 16, between each pair of which alever 17 is pivoted. Each of said levers 17 consists of a flat barprovided with smooth rounded corners and having its forward end bentinwardly, so as to project over the forward end of the nozzle and sothat the bent ends of all of said levers form a conical rounded point topermit the easy insertion of said nozzle into the vagina. The other endsof said levers 17 are bent outwardly, so as to form a convenient graspfor the hand. Springs 18 are interposed between said outwardlybentportions of said levers and the said tube, which are adapted to forcesaid bent portions outwardly, thus obviously holding said other ends ofsaid levers in close contact with said tube. In the drawings I haveshown a square tube and four of said levers 17; but I wish it to beunderstood that the shape of the tube can be altered andthe number'oflevers increased or diminished without departing from the spirit of myinvention. After the nozzle 14 has been inserted into the vagina theoutwardly-bent ends of said levers 17 are pressed inwardly, thusexpanding the vagina, and the syringe is then operated by turning thecrank-shaft and causing the piston todescend. The nozzle can be held andoperated with the left hand and the syringe with the right withoutdifficulty and the. pressure thus regulated by the patient to suitherself."

When the device is not in use, the hose is shut off by means of anordinary clamp 19, generally used in connection with gravity douches. I

I claim as my invention- 1. A vaginal syringe comprising a bedplate, acylinder mounted thereon, an annular groove in said bed-platesurrounding said cylinder and adapted to receive alcohol, a plunger insaid cylinder connected with a rack-bar, and a crank-shaft carrying apinion adapted to intermesh with said rack-bar to operate said plunger.

2. A vaginal syringe comprising a bedplate, a removable standard carriedthereby, a cylinder on said bed plate, an annular groove in saidbed-plate surrounding said cylinder and adapted to receive alcohol, aplunger in said cylinder, a rack-bar on said plunger, a crankshaft onsaid standard carrying a pinion adapted to intermesh with said rack-barto operate said plunger, an inlet-port in the upper end of saidcylinderbe- 10W the upper limit of movement of said plunger, and anoutlet-port in the lower end of said cylinder.

